Humanities - Page 275

Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau

The world is never done catching up with Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), the author of Walden, “Civ...

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Eurasia without Borders: The Dream of a Leftist Literary Commons, 1919-1943

A long-awaited corrective to the controversial idea of world literature, from a major voice in the f...

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Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization

A leading scholar explores what it means to dehumanize others—and how and why we do it. “I wouldn’t...

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Neuromatic: Or, a Particular History of Religion and the Brain

John Modern offers a powerful and original critique of neurology’s pivotal role in religious history...

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The Excellent Mind: Intellectual Virtues for Everyday Life

Nathan L. King's The Excellent Mind considers the importance of the intellectual virtues: the charac...

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Republican Jesus: How the Right Has Rewritten the Gospels

The complete guide to debunking right-wing misinterpretations of the Bible—from economics and immigr...

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The Formation of Christendom

In this acclaimed history of Early Christendom, Judith Herrin shows how—from the sack of Rome in 410...

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Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century

Today, liberalism faces threats from across the political spectrum. While right-wing populists and l...

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A Past of Possibilities: A History of What Could Have Been

An exploration of hypothetical turning points in history from Ancient Greece to September 11What if...

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Five Straight Lines: A History of Music

A sweeping and lively account from a master of the subject 'Fascinating ... Composer Andrew Gant...

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Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life

In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judg...

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Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: The Power of the Reader's Mind over a Universe of Death

“The great poems, plays, novels, stories teach us how to go on living. . . . Your own mistakes, acci...

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Revolution: An Intellectual History

A cultural and intellectual balance-sheet of the twentieth century’s age of revolutions This...

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Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

For a thousand years an extraordinary empire made possible Europe’s transition to the modern world:...

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A Short History of Islamic Thought

A history of Islamic thought – from its foundation in the seventh century to the present day – in 25...

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